Egg-boiler.



Patented Mar. I9', |901..

R. A` RICHARDSON.

E G G B 0 l L E R.

(Application filed Feb. 19, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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RUSSELL A. RICHARDSON, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

EGG-BGLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,296, dated March 19, 1901.

Application led February 19, 1900. Serial l\l`o. 5,812. (No mmm.)

To a/ZZ whom it may @OMGWW ter, and the lower end of vessel D is prefer- Beit known that I, RUSSELL A. RICHARD- ably inclined or formed with a conical end SON, a citizen of the United States, residing which is punctured at d with a small opening at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, through which the liquid or other contents of 5 have invented a certain new and useful lmvessel D is designed to escape. 55

provement in Egg-Boilers, of which the Alol- Vessel D is preferably marked by horizonlowing is a full, clear, and exact description, tal lines and has impressed thereon words to such as will enable others skilled in the art the effect that full measure thereof will cause to which it appertains to make and use the the eggs to remain in the boiling water three 1o same, reference being had to the accompanyminutes, or Full medium 3 M,7 or if the 6o ing drawings, forming part of this speciiicavessel is filled to the line marked Soft 2J,- M tion, in whichthe eggs in the basket will remain in the boil- Figurel is a vertical sectional view through ing water two and one-half minutes and be my improved egg-boiler. Fig. 2 is a similar cooked soft, and if the vessel D is filled to the i5 view through a modified form of egg-boiler. line marked Very soft 2 M the eggs in the 65 Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the inodibasket will remain in the basket two minutes iied form of egg-boiler arranged as a battery. and be cooked very soft.

Fig. 4t is a side elevational View of the vessel The operation oi' the construction above for containing liquid and which is attached described is as follows: The form of eggzo to the lever shown in Fig. l, and Fig. 5 is a boiler shown in Fig. l is what I designate as 7o side elevational View of the vessel for cona cttamilym egg-boiler in that the weight C taining liquid and which is attached to the is designed to be attached to the outer end levers shown in Figs. 2 and 3. of lever B, depending upon the number of The invention consists in the construction, eggs to be cooked in basket E. As shown,

z5 arrangement, and combination of the several there are three eggs in basket E, and the 75 parts, all as will hereinafter be described, and weight C is attached to the outer end of lever afterward pointed out in the claims. B at the point marked 3. Were six eggs In-the drawings, A indicates a vessel de' placed in the basket E, weight C should be signed to hold the water or other medium in attached to theleverBat apoint marked 6.

3o which the eggs are to be cooked. lf it is desired to cook the eggs three minutes, 8o

. B indicates aleveri'ulcrumed on some suitthe water in vessel A is first heated to the able support, preferably the edge ofthe vessel desired point and the basket, with its eggs, A,whichlever,asshowninFig. l,is providedin placed in position on the inner end of lever its outerend withaseries of openings,(or they Vessel D is now iilled, preferably with 35 may be notches in the top of the lever,) which hot water from the boiler A, to overflowing, 85 openings (or notches) are numbered from and this water in vessel D escapes through l to 12, or any suitable numbering may the opening d, the opening being of such size be employed. that the length of time required for the weight C indicates a weight havinga hook or other C to overbalance the basket and raise it out 4o appropriate device for cooperating with the of the boiling water is th-ree minutes. The 9o outer end of lever B, said weight being deeggs will therefore be submerged for a period signed to be attached to said lever at a point of three minutes, when the overbalancingindicated by one of the several numbers weight C will operate to elevate theinner end stamped or otherwise impressed on the lever. of lever B and raise the vessel D and its bas- 45 The inner end of lever B is provided with a ket E out of the water in vessel A. If it is 95 hook or recessed portion, and suspended from desired to cook the eggs for two and one-half said inner end is a vessel or receptacle D, minutes or two minutes, the vessel D is tilled which carriesl an egg-basket E. Vessel D is to the proper mark and the basket will be designed to hold water, preferably that taken raised out oi' the boiling water at the end of 5o from the vessel A, or, in other words, hot wathe time designated by the mark on the vesroo selD, upto which point said vessel was filled originally.

In 2 and 3 l have shown a modified construction wherein A' indicates the vessel designed to contain the boiling water, B a lever fulcrumed on seine suitable support, preferably the edge of vessel A', and C a weight designed to be attached to the outer end of lever B at points marked Medium, Softf and Very sott, or other suitable words indicating the condition in which it is desired the cooked shall be.

The vessel D is removably supported on the inner end of lever i3 and in this form is preferably separate from the basket E. The vessel D is designed to be filled with hot water from ihe vessel A, and when the eggs are in the basket 'the contents of vessel D' escape to such an extent that the weight C will overbalance the in nerend of the lever and elevate the basket, so as to raise the eggs out of the cooking medium. By adjusting the weight C at dierent points along the outer end of lever B the basket will he automatically elevated, and the eggs cooked medium (three minutes) when the weight attached to the lever at a point marked Medium or Soit, two and one-half minutes when the weight is attached to the lever at the point marked Soft or Very so'lt,77 and two minutes when the weight is attached to the lever at the point marked Very sott. lVhere a battery of boilers is arranged as shown in Fig. 3, it will be obvious that the position of weight C need not be changed except when occasion requires. This is desirable in instances where eggs have to be cooked to different degrees, asin hotels, waere the weights can be once adjusted for a certain number of and the size ol the opening d made according to the degree to which the eggs will be cooked in that particular boiler.

llt is obvious that other adjustment than that mentioned may be made-asiel instance, with respect to Fig. 2 the vessel D can be adjusted at different points along the inner end of lever B to ellect the time in which the basket will be elevated. ln such a construction the weight C would remain lined, and were the vessel D placed near the extremity of the inner end of lever B. 'Oi' course the lever is thrown before all the contents escape from the vessel D.

li desired, a weight l? can be arranged above the fulcrum of levers B or B to effect a complete movement of the levers in one direction or the other, as said weight F moves to one or the other side of a vertical line above the fulcrnm of said lever.

It is obvious that the vessel D can be marked with a scale similar to the construction shown in Fig. l, so that il for any reason the moving parts of the apparatus should get out of order the attendant could tell by watching the water-line of the liquid contents of vessel D', and alter said vessel had been filled upon reaching the first line nearest the top two minutes would have passed, the next line two and one-half minutes, and the next line three minutes, and so on, so that the attendant would know when to remove the basket containing` the upon said eggs having remained in the water a certain length of time and cooked to a certain extent.

I am aware that minor changes in the arrangements, construction, and combination oi several parts ot' my device can be made and substituted for those herein shown and describedwithout in the least departing' from thc nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. ln an eggboiler, the combination with a receptacle for containing' the boiling' water, of a lever pivoted in juxtaposition 'to said receptacle, an overbalancing-weight which cooperates with the outer end of said lever, and is designed to be attached thereto at different points, a receptacle arranged on the inner arm ol" the lever, a basket for containing the articles to be cooked which submerged in the water of the cooking utensil when liquid is poured in the vessel suspended from the inner end of the lever, and indication-marks on the vessel which is suspended from the inner end of the lever; substantially as described.

2. The combination with alever, ol' a weight F arranged above the fulcrum thereof and designed to be thrown on each side of avertical line drawn through said Yfulcrum when the lever moves from one position to the other, of an overbalanciiig-weight on one arm of said lever, a basket on the opposite end ol' said lever, and a vessel secured to said lever and provided with an opening at its bottom for the escape of the contents of said vessel; substantially as described.

3. The herein-described vessel for determining the period eggs are submerged in water while being cooked, said vessel being open to receive appropriate contents whenever the saine is used, and said vessel being provided at its lower end with an opening for the escape of its contents so introduced, and a scale or indication-marks for indicating the length of time consumed by, and the volume of, the contents escaping through said opening; substantially as described.

il. rlhe combination with a vessel D for containing a liquid, said vessel being provided with an opening in its bottom for the escape of its liquid contents, a scale arraiiged in connection with said vessel for indicating time by the level of the liquid contents oli' IOO IIO

ermee in testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence of twowituesses, this 16th day of February, 1900.

RUSSELL A. RICHARDSON. YVito eeses:

NM A. Soo'r'r, F. R. CORNWALL. 

